Jenukallu and Belur

After the memorable Goa trip, Nish suggested that we go for a bike trip. Jenukallu being a place on our wish-list, we decided to plan our next trip on bikes to Jenukallu located in Sakhleshpur !!

*ing :- Vijay Claud, Nishchitha Singh, Bharath Reddy, Megha Mistry, Bhavya Krishnan, Richa Kriti, Priti Srinivas, Ajay SB, Sweta Naidu, Harsha Pemmiah, Shyamprasad and Tony Mathai

Like planned, all of gathered in Nish apartment on friday night. But due to lack of sufficient bikes and availability of cars, we decided to go by car. 3 cars and 12 of us - we started from Nish apartment on sat morning. We stopped by Kamat upachar for breakfast. By about lunch we reached Jenukallu and straight away went for lunch. The Jenukallu organizers were very receptive and served us good lunch. 2 cottages were awaiting us !!

After we freshened up, we started off with our 1st activity of the trip - Rope walk.

Rope walk : A long stretch of ropes tied between trees and we had to walk over them. It was a tough task for few and a cakewalk for Shyam !! Bhavya murmuring "amma amma" and Richa screaming out of fear was funny to watch :D After the 1st round of rope walk, all of us wanted to go for another round !! Once we were done with the rope walk it was time for a waterfall.



The waterfall was a 15 mins walk from the resort and it was a simple trek compared to our previous treks in sharavathi, yelagiri etc. April being a summer season, there was barely any water. But for our surprise there was an artificial spring set up by the Jenukallu organizers. There was an unexpected rain and it was fun playing dodgeball in a waterfall when its raining !! We spent time in the waterfall playing dodgeball till we were exhausted. We started our return trek to the resort and quickly freshend since we were all drenched. There was another group in the resort who were having tea along with us. We had a nice time playing dumb charades against them. It was great fun having tea sitting in a resort when its raining !!

Once it stopped raining we headed towards the hut where they had set up a camp fire. We spent time singing songs and playing games till it was time for dinner. It was great to see fog during summer !! Once we were done with dinner, we returned to our cottages since we had a trek scheduled for the next morning.


The next morning we all woke up all excited about the morning trek. Since it was summer we had to reach the view point and return to the resort by atleast 10 am to avoided the heat. It was very pleasing to walk in the mist considering that Blore was burning with heat during the summer. We reached the view point and had tea. The location was very tempting for a photoshoot and we got into our characteristic poses :D After the photoshoot we started walking back to our resort.

Before leaving Jenukallu we decided to play dodgeball again since not often do we get a chance to re-live our childhood days. We divided ourselves into 2 groups. The enthusiasm made it look like we were playing for a world cup  :D




With no further delay we packed our bags and left from Jenukallu since we had planned for Belur and Halebeedu also. Belur was just 15 kms from Jenukallu and we reached there in no time. The temple in Belur was beyond words. Quite amazing to see the artistic works during historic times. Not sure if its true, but we were told that many of the missing/broken statutes were because of Tippu Sulatan !!

We went roaming around the temple and posing at different parts of the Belur temple. The sculptures reminded me of school days since these were very familiar through our history books !! After about an hour of posing and admiring, we headed towards the supposedly best restaurant in Belur and had lunch there. Visting Halebeedu seemed impractical if we had to reach Blore by midnight and since it was similar to Belur we decided to return to Bangalore. That ends another memorable trip for all of us in Trippers adda.

Location : Sakhleshpur
Distance from Blore : 250-300
Best time to visit :  Oct - Jan (But you could consider going here during summer since there is fog even during summer unlike many other places !!
Attraction : Beautiful cottages and the weather

Go Goa (Revisited)

Gavi had sent a bench mark and hence the expectations for the next trip was set high since there was a break of about 4 months !! After a lot of planning, we were all set for our Goa trip (Feb 1st - 3rd)

*ing :- Vijay Claud, Nishchitha Singh, Swetha Naidu, Ajay S, Sony Thomas, Sandeep Palakkal, Megha Mistry, Bhavya Krishnan, Johnson James, Ranjani Narendra, Lekha Mistry, Shyam Prasad and Tony Mathai

With a lot of hiccups due to the traffic in Blore, all of us made it in time and boarded the bus to Goa on 31st Jan 2013. Bus journey was for 14 hrs and we reached Goa on Feb 1st morning (Friday). Just as we got down from the bus, Jomy was there to greet us and our bikes were waiting for us. We hired avengers and activas and went to our Service apartment (they were equivalent to Luxury Villas) on our bikes. After we freshened up, we went hunting for food. The food in one of the restaurants was average but the rates were too high and disappointing !! 

We then headed towards Calangute beech. After playing in the beech for a while we rested in a beech shack. We kept chatting on the beech side for hours together and even danced in the beech shack !! After dinner we went for some shopping on some street which is very popular in Goa. Few of us did some shopping and sat on the road side admiring the Harley Davidson bikes zooming on the road. Coincidentally the day we went there was the 110 th year celebration of Harley Davidson and there were about 500 Harley Davidsons in Gao at that time !! 

We returned to our Apartment late in the night and spent time chatting and playing games. By early morning we planned to ride to Anjuna Beech. It was a nice experience riding to a beech at 4 am :D !! After sunrise, we rode back to our apartment and had a good sleep !! We then played volleyball in our swimming pool. It was great to see foreigners supporting our game !! By evening we were all set for our Yacht experience. 

Everyone was dressed up well for the Yacht ride and we left to St.Xaviers church since that was the landmark that was given to us. The Yacht looked beautiful and all of stepped into. We were overwhelmed to see the dance floor and DJ night set up for us. We had a good time dancing and singing in the yacht. By late evening the Yacht returned the shore and we planned to visit the satuday market which is one of the most happening places in Goa !! The place was filled with foreigners and stalls over a very vast area. By mid night we returned to our apartment all tired and sleepy.

The next day (Feb 3rd) we woke up and packed our bags. After checking out of the apartment, we went to Chapora fort (Dil Chahtha hai was shot here). This was a time for the trippers to do a photo shoot. Though it was quite hot, all of us were more focussed on photography than the climate :D After several clicks, it was time to wrap up our Goa trip !! On our way back from Chapora fort we stopped by to have lunch. The ambience and food were both good (the best we had in Goa... unfortunately dont rem the name). 

By about 4pm we were back to the bus stop and we started our return journey to Blore. We have had a nice time watching Sunny Deol movies in the bus :D

Gavi & Athirapally falls

While watching the movie "Ordinary", Johnson and myself decided that our next destination would be Gavi as were impressed by the shooting location !! After 2 months of planning, the day had arrived - Sep 6th !!

*ing :- Johnson James, Jacob Idiculla, Jackson Kuruvilla, Vijay Claud, Nishchitha Singh, Bharath Reddy, Megha Mistry, Bhavya Krishnan, Shyam Prasad, Sandeep Palakkal, Richa Kriti and Tony Mathai

We left from Bangalore by Train on Thursday (6th Sep) and reached Aluva Railway station in Kerala on 7th Morning. Our TT driver (Shiju) was on time waiting for us in the railway station with his Blue Bird (a Luxurious TT) !! Since Athirapally was our 1st destination, we had to freshen up somewhere. Shiju took us to a Lodge in Perumbavoor. We freshened up quickly, had breakfast from a nearby restaurant and got into the TT. Going by our TT tradition we started off with dumb charads :D 

Athirapally falls : We reached Athirapally falls by about 12 PM. After taking the entry tickets, we headed towards the falls hoping to the see the scenic beauty as seen in the movie "Raavan" (Few shots of Raavan were shot here). But to our disappointment there was nothing spectacular mainly cos the water level was high and we werent allowed to get into the water at many spots. There was a small portion where tourists could get into the water. So we quickly got into the water to get started off with our Kerala expedition !! It was fun to see Jackson swimming and yet stagnant, Richa posing for pics like models, Vijay and me doing our Yoga stunts etc. After about an hour of relaxing at Athirapally falls we decided to have lunch and head towards Thekkady. Just as we started walking, it starting raining cats and dogs !! We sat in the rain for sometime as it was nice to see the monsoon in a waterfall ! Once we were done with admiring the rains and the scenic beauty, we walked towards the entrance to have lunch at a nearby hotel.

Thekkady : The journey from Athirapally to Thekkady was quite long !! We reached Thekkady by about 11 PM and had to go hunting to find dinner. Most of us had lost it coz we were too hungry. Richa had even started conversations with her tummy :D. For our rescue, there was a small hotel that was open where we had dinner. We reached our homestay at midnight. Though the homestay looked just average from outside, once we stepped inside, it was royal !! We had to sleep quickly since we had to wake up early the next day to start our journey to Gavi.

Gavi : The next day morning (8th Sep, Saturday), we woke up early and freshened up by 7 am. With no further delay we started our journey to Gavi in 2 Jeeps. The Jungle safari in Jeeps was an awesome experience. Shyam was busy clicking pics cos this place is like a photographers paradise. We were quite fortunate to see a herd of elephants, a single elephant and many other animals. After about an our of Jeep ride, we finally reached Gavi !! It was quite disheartening to know that there were just a couple of scenes in "Ordinary" that was shot here and most of it was shot in some other place. But we were glad that place looked promising though it was totally different from the movie !! After having a royal breakfast in Gavi, we started our trek. 2 guides accompanied us and we were provided with sacks to tie on our legs to avoid getting bitten by leeches. 

The trek was nice and relaxing. While returning, we had an option to walk along the road and to go through the forest. Richa, Jacob and Jackson took the road cos they were done with trekking. Rest of us went through the Jungle. There were few spots which made us feel that we were sitting in heaven !! The entire area was covered with Mist and we could even see the clouds moving towards us !!  After the trek we reached returned to our starting point by lunch. 

After a heavy breakfast, we went to a waterfall by boat. The boat ride was a short one. The waterfalls looked very tempting and all of them jumped into the water within no time !! Water was ice cold and it was chilling out in the water. After spending about an hour, we returned to our starting point, got into our Jeeps and returned to our Homestay. Even after reaching the homestay, none of us were tired and instead were all geared up for some fun activities !! 

We had planned a cultural night at the homestay. All of them were given an hours time and we formed groups and prepared for events. Nish was the anchor. The gals danced for 'Mayya Mayya'. Johnson, Nish, Bhavya, Richa and Tony danced for the Kolavari song. Sandeep, Shyam and Jackson put up a fusion with Jackson as the DJ !! Vijay and Tony presented the mallu version of Oo la la from Dirty Picture !! There was a round of Hula hoopa (spinning the hoopla around your waist) in which Jackson won !! Finally there was a skit by Jacob, Johnson, Vijay, Bharath and Tony which was more like a mimicry of the Gavi trip planning :D 

The next day morning (9th Sep - Sunday) all were very tired and lazy. It was heart breaking to know that the trip was coming to an end. We spent the morning looking at the videos of the cultural night and we had a good laugh :D...Since we had a train to catch in the evening, we didnt plan anything for sunday. We settled accounts with the Homestay owner (Rajesh) and headed towards Aluva railway station. We bid good bye to Shiju (TT driver) and got into the train. There ends an epic trip !!

Manchinbele

After the Yelagiri-Hognekkal trip, a new group was born -Trippers Adda. Manchinbele was the next place that Trippers Adda ventured after Yelagiri !! - 18th Aug 2012

*ing :- Vijay Claud, Nishchitha Singh, Bharath Reddy, Megha Mistry, Bhavya Krishnan, Sony Thomas, Johnson James, Richa Kriti, Priti Srinivas, Swetha Naidu and Tony Mathai 

Though Manchinbele is just about 50-60 kms from Bangalore, we decided to go by TT which would be an ice breaking session since many of them didnt know each other. Our boarding point was Mathikere and we started our journey by about 9 am. As always, we played dumb charads during our TT journey and reached Great Banyan tree by about 11am. Our guide was there to receive us and we went a little ahead to reach the start of trek.

Trekking : The trek was a very short one. It was more like a walk through a village and some empty fields. After a 15 mins walk, we reached our destination. The organizers greeted us and we started off with Paintball.

Paintball : We were divided into groups of 2. Vj, Nish, Swetha, Priti, Richa and me in Team A. Johnson, Bharath, Megha, Bhavya and Sony in Team B.The 1st was the Eliminator game (Once all the team members from a team gets shot, they are eliminated and the other team wins) in which Team A won. Nish fought till the last minute and made our team proud :D .... The next was Flag (The team that picks a flag from the centre of the ground and takes it to their base station wins) in which Team B won. Priti, Richa and myself were injured..must say Johnson is a sharp shooter !! 

Team Building activities : There were a couple of team building activities which included Kangaroo relay (the baton would be held between both the legs and each team member had to pass the baton to the next member without using the hands) and Hoopla pass (team had to form a circle and pass on a Hoopla ring from one person to another without leaving hands). Team A won both the events !! 

This was followed by Lunch. We had a lunch buffet and the food was decent.

Water sports : Once we were done with lunch, it was time for kayaking, swimming and canoeing. For few this was their 1st time with life jackets in deep water!! We played in the water for a couple of hours and tried the kayak and canoe turn by turn. By evening it looked like it was going to pour heavily and we rushed to our dining area. 

Tea and snacks in heavy rain was mind blowing !! Once the Rain God calmed down, we started our return trek towards our TT and we headed back to Bangalore. The return journey was fun cos we danced and even made non dancers dance in the TT :D Must say that this was one of the best 1 day treks.

For those of you who are interested in these activities, please contact xtremezone getawatz.

http://extremezoneindia.com/camping-a-paintball/manchinbele-bangalore/activities/adventure-sports.html 

- Tony mon

Yelagiri & Hognekkal falls

This was an unplanned trip with many spontaneous decisions and a mixed crowd ! Few of us planned to visit Gopalswamy betta. The group size kept increasing and finally I booked a TT since there were 12 of us. 2 hrs  before the travel, we got to know that trekking has been banned in Gopalswamy betta and it would be a waste of time going till there. A quick change in plan resulted in a memorable trip to Yelagiri and Hognekkal falls.

*ing : Johnson, Vijay, Nish, Sandeep, Sooraj, Bhavya, Ramya, Charu, Deepak, Supreet, Richa and me
                                      

July 7th : We started our journey from Bangalore by midnight. The TT was filled with a group of strangers (most of them were meeting each other for the 1st time, me being the connecting link :D). Though all were silent initially, by the time we crossed Hosur, everyone was geared up to play dumb charads. This was more of an ice breaker session. For 3 hours, the game went on without a break and by 4 am all of us decided to have a quick nap which didnt last long as we reached our destination ! We had booked a room in Hotel Ashoka (must appreciate the hospitality !!).

The night long dumb charads session resulted in a sleepy morning ! Most of them were dead tired. Since we had to complete trekking before the sun rises, we freshened up and quickly started our journey ! The hotel authorities guided us with the trekking spot. The trek was a bit straining coz we forgot to carry water bottles !! After a 2 hours trek, we reached the hill top. It was very peaceful around the temple premises on the hill top. We started off with our monkey business climbing trees and rocks posing for pics :P After about an hours time, we headed back to the bottom of the hill. The return trek didnt take much time !!

After returning from the trek, we checked out of the hotel and headed towards Hognekkal falls which was an instant plan. Only concern was that Ramya was not keeping well. However, she insisted on continuing with the waterfall plan. Cheers to her spirit :)

Though Hognekkal was a repeat destination for many of them, it was a different experience with a new group ! After a bargaining session with the coracle riders, we got into the coracles and rowed towards the falls. On the way we saw the spot where Abhishek Bachhan dives during his intro in the movie "Raavan".

We were allowed to spend some time in the water. All of us got into the water and played for a while. Sandeep even found a Rs.50 note flowing in the water which was later utilized to buy snacks :D. The law of nature says "To gain something you have to lose something". We got a Rs.50 note but instead lost a diamond ring (Supreet) and a gold ring (Charu) which was a costly deal ! After spending about an hour in the water, we headed back to our parking lot and our return journey started.

We reached Bangalore late night, had dinner in electronic city and reached home by midnight ! With this, a memorable unplanned trip came to an end.

                                           

Xtreme Zone Paintball

A weekend getaway with a fun filled gang is something that most of us would love to do ! Paintball is something that  all of us wanted to but had never tried earlier. We got an info in advance that if we form a group of 10+, we could have an exclusive session for our own group and wouldnt be mixed with strangers. So we decided to go ahead with our coorg gang with few additions and subtractions !

*ing :- Abhith, Vj, Johnson, Kiran, Vidya, Ramya, Swetha, Nishchitha, Megha, Manu, Vimal, Prashanth, Ashok and me.

We left from Hebal by about 10am and reached Angasana resort (close to BMSIT College) by 11. Our organizer (Chetan) was ready to give us instructions but we had to hold on for sometime since Vimal, Manu and Ashok were yet to reach. As soon as they reached, we formed 2 groups (Johnson, Ramya, Vj, Vidya, Manu, Kiran, myself in one group and the rest in the other group).On receiving instructions, we were all geared up for a firing session.

The game that we played was known as "Elimination" wherein one group had to eliminate the other by shooting each of the team members twice. For those of you who dont know what paintball is - Its a game wherein you shoot each other with pellets and these pellets bursts splashing a colour on the surface where it hits !. Both the teams had the same strategy "dodge till the other team lose waste sufficient bullets and then start firing. But since both the teams had the same strategy, nobody fired and finally the organizers had to interrupt asking us to shoot each other instead of just hiding and sitting :D. We kept running from one bunker to the other which made us feel like we were armed militants fighting for our nation ! :D.. Most of the time we would aim someone and shoot but it would be the poor trees that would receive a firing ... i pity the trees in our war field :D ... After about 45 minutes of shooting, the game came to an end and our team emerged victorious.

Soon after the paintball session we had a team building activity wherein the 2 teams were made to stand in a straight line parallel to each other. The one who stood last in the 2 lines had to go to the organizer who would toss a coin and assign head/tail to the 2 team reps. They had to pass on the msg to the one in front of them with sign language (the one in front wasnt allowed to turn back and look at the one behind while communicating) and each one passed it to the other in a chain. Finally the one in the front had to shout out head or tail. Though it sounded silly, it was fun while playing this. It was best of 3. Our team won the 1st one and the other team won the 2nd won. Final one was a tie breaker which we won !!

The next event was an interesting one. The 2 teams had to form a circle holding hands. There was a ring looped in the chain and we had to pass on the ring from one person to the other without leaving our hands and the one team that took the least time in completing one full round would win. This was a thrilling one and our team emerged victorious beating the other team by 3 seconds !

The final event was another interesting one where each team had to form a train holding each others shoulders. Except the one in the end, all were blindfolded and 3 spongeballs were scattered here and there. The one in the end (who wasnt blindfolded) had to communicate with a sign language (without speaking a word). While playing this we realized how miserable life would be for the blind ! Fro a change, the other team won this team and they had a good strategy.

With this the paintball session came to an end and we headed towards Friends dhaba to have lunch. While having lunch we got to hear some more of the stoneman experiences from Prashant !! After lunch we had to part ways. Abhith, Vj, Nish, Swetha and Megha headed towards our college (Sir MVIT) to spend some time there and then returned home. The rest of us decided to go to Ascendis Mall in Whitefield to play Bowling. By about 8pm all the fun came to an end and we returned home after an eventful day. Thanks to all those who made it ....cheers :). Our experience with xtreme zone could be rated as 4/5 and this is for sure a recommended place for those who have plans to play paintball could try this. http://extremezoneindia.com/paintball/paintball-bangalore-angsana/pricing.html

Coorg

New yr bash at Coorg Coffee Flower Estate - A memorable new yr celebration it was !! This trip was a mix of action, romance, comedy, dance, adventure ..in a nut shell a complete entertainer !! It was more like a blockbuster movie with a superb star cast but a disappointing climax :P

The plan started off 1 month in advance and the tickets were booked by 23rd ... 14 of us were all set for the new yr bash not knowing whats awaiting us in Scotland of the East - Coorg.

We started our jounrney on 30th Dec at about 4 pm from BEL circle. Abhith, Mani, Harshitha and me boarded from BEL circle. We picked up Megha from Hebal, Ramya from Bapoosapalya, Prashanth and Sunitha from Marathahalli, Vimal from Belandur and finally Bharath from BTM layout. Johnson, Kiran, Vidya and Jacob came in Jacobs car. We had a good time playing games like Dumb charades and Anthakshari during our journey. We reached Kushalnagar by about 1am and tried contacting the resort guys for directions. Meanwhile few cops stopped by for an enquiry. This gave the initial negative vibe !! They shot lot of questions which created a small tension but then we handled it without facing any issues from them. On receiving directions to the resort, we reached there by about 2am. Though we were initially praying that atleast 50 of them should be there in the resort to create some noise and fun, we were shocked to know that there were more than 300 of them in a place which could accommodate a max of 150 ! Thankfully gals got a room for themselves but guys had a tough time coz we had to stay in a tent which was more like a refugee camp coz there were about 20 of them staying in the same tent !!! We werent even provided blankets (At this point I need to highlight that Prashant slept with his jacket as a pillow in freezing cold weather and realized early morning that he could have put on his jacket and slept instead of shivering the whole night :D )

31st Dec 2011 : We woke up at about 7am and had a good laugh at our refugee experience. Breakfast was prepared and all of us were disappointed when we heard that we would be served "upma" but surprisingly it tasted good and we enjoyed the breakfast sitting by the poolside. We then planned to visit chikilihole backwaters which was just 5kms away from the resort. Expectations were quite high but the thrill didnt last long once we reached there coz it was just a normal reservoir with barely anything to do. Abhith, Johnson, Bharat and me started popping stones over the water which is something that we tend to do when we see water ! After spending about an hr at the backwaters, we returned to the resort for lunch by 12:30.

The organizers informed us that lunch would be served only by 2pm so we decided to play some childhood games like lagori. We started of with a warm up session by playing volleyball and then started off with lagori. It was fun to relive our childhood days. Since we had a good team size, it was fun to play. Abihth, Megha, Harshitha, Johnson, Prashant, Mani and me were in 1 group and the rest were in the other group. Our group comfortably defeated them with a score of 3-1 !! :D

At 2pm we had lunch and then headed towards Dubaare for rafting. Swimming in deep water with life jackets has been a common factor in most of our trips in 2011. Though the place looked quite good, it was a bit disappointing that there were no rapids. We had to do rafting in still water but the interesting part was that there was a spot where we could jump into the water and swim with life jackets. This undoutedly was the best part of the trip. Prashant and Sunitha stayed back since they werent interested in rafting. Rest of us thoroughly enjoyed this part of the trip.

By about 6pm we left from there and reached the resort by about 7pm. All of us barged into the room to get dressed up for the DJ night. Just as we entered the room, the organizer asked us to vacate the room. There were a few unpleasent conversations between our group and the organizer coz the facilities in Coffee flower resort was PATHETIC !! We were finally given an alternate room where we all dressed up quickly and headed towards the dance floor for the DJ night.

We had a terrific time dancing since we hadnt danced for quite a while. We were finally relieved that there was something good about the resort. But this positive feeling didnt last long coz the power went off by 10pm. We then got to know that there were lot of issues going on outside the dance floor. Localites around the resort cut the power cable, threatened people with knives and even threw bricks on few of them. We were all shocked and scared about what was going around. Cops had also come within no time. The party was now heading towards a disaster. We were just hoping that the dj night picks up at midnight atleast. But to our disappointment, at 12am Jan 1st when whole of India was celebrating, we were sitting in pitch dark wondering what to do. 10 seconds before 12, I started a countdown and Johnson was ready with the party popper. At the count of 1, Johnson bursted a party popper and all those who had gathered around cheered and clapped. We then witnessed some fireworks. After this, we had dinner and noticed that lot of them had gathered around 1 guy. Abhith and me went there to see what had happened. The organizer was getting abused for ruining a new yr celebration for the 350 of them who had gathered there. For a moment I got animated and utilized all the kannada vocabulary that was familiar to me. I felt glad that my 3rd Language in school was kannada coz it turned handy while shouting at that guy. (But Im sure that the rest of the crowd could figure out that kannada was not my 2nd lang for sure coz it was that pathetic :P). The crowd even started manhandling the organizer threatening him to refund the money. By then his supporters arrived to the seen and the organizer managed to disappear from the crowd. We had no clue how and where he disappeared amidst such a big crowd ! A furious mob barged into his house and messed up his furniture ! We even saw few pple running away with his LCD tv and other electronic equipments !! We reazlied that it wasnt safe to stay there any longer and hence left from there by about 1:30 am. On our way, a white color maruthi van blocked us and few guys got out of the van. All of us sitting inside were horrified wondering whats going on. Everyone was speechless !! But in a few moments we realized that they were not blocking our way and instead were trying to cut across the road. There was a big sigh of relief :D. We reached Mysore by about 3:30am and our plan was to halt at Mysore.
Once we reached Mysore few of them had the opinion of returning to Blore and few decided to stay back. Johnson, Kiran, Vidya and Jacob stayed back, the rest of us headed towards Maddur CCD. 

Jan 1st 2012 - Johnson and gang spent jan 1st in Mysore at Planetx. The rest of us spent time till about 9am in Maddur CCD . We played the game Truth or Truth (a simpler version of truth or dare coz we didnt have the energy to take up dares :P ). We had lot of fun listening to Prashants stone theory and got to know lot of dark secrets in each others lives of which Prashants casanovic experiences were the highlight !! Abhith pledged that on jan 2013 he would take Prashants place :D ... In memory of the gyan that we received from the love guru, we named Jan 1st as the Stoners day :D The stoneman murders was an icing in compensation for the disappointing new yr celebration that we experienced in Coffee flower resort !

Morals of the story :
a. Never book a dj night without prior track records - It could ruin your new Yr !!
b. Never drop by COFFEE FLOWER RESORT coz they provide the worst ever facilities that you could think off
c. Tony mon still remembers Kannada to a certain extent :D
d. Group with which you travel matters a lot (We had some amount of fun only coz the group was good !!)
e. Playing childhood games once in a while is very entertaining and helps relive childhood days !!
f. Stone theory is something that one should be aware of before you start flirting :P (As stated by the Love guru aka stoneman Prashanth )